Dear Chris Bryant, Congratulations on becoming arts minister. Forgive this unsolicited advice on museum policy. Open letters to new arts ministers have become a tradition for this column, if only because the last government kept changing them. You are the tenth in ten years. You’ve already outlasted one of your predecessors, Syed Kamall, who managed
Everyone in Britain should be issued with a “universal library card” and children should spend 10% of their school time on arts activities, according to a new report. The Fabian Society’s Arts For Us All calls for Keir Starmer’s government to remove the “class ceiling” by democratising access to the arts in schools and ensure
A digital platform that seeks to bring together 100 million object records from collections across the UK launched last week (13 September), with organisers claiming the initiative will be “transformative” for curators, researchers, educators and more. The Museum Data Service (MDS) is a collaboration between the art education charity Art UK, the Collections Trust and
Over the past decade, Hong Kong has evolved into one of the biggest art scenes in the world. Its flagship events include the annual Art Basel and Art Central, while cultural hubs such as H Queens, Tai Kwun, PMQ and, more recently, the West Kowloon Cultural District are becoming popular intersections between art, food and
Artes Mundi, the UK’s biggest art prize for contemporary art, has announced the shortlist for its biennial 11th edition, which will be presented at multiple venues across Wales for the second time. The six nominees for the £40,000 prize are the Palestinian-Canadian artist Jumana Emil Abboud; Zambian-born Anawana Haloba; the Peruvian artist Antonio Paucar; the
Canary Wharf Group is working with Global Street Art’s London Mural Festival for the second time, following Camille Walala’s famous Adam’s Plaza Bridge As part of the festival line-up, three female UK artists have created individual murals inspired by the East London neighbourhood, located on Bellmouth Passage by Crossrail Place Quayside The murals join the
A painting of a nude woman with her legs open has prompted a police visit to an art gallery in Mid Wales. The painting is on display in the window of The Table in Hay-on-Wye, Powys. Warning: The image below shows the painting According to gallery owner Val Harris, the police have asked her to
For pop princess Sabrina Carpenter, the devil is always in the details. Just see her recent risqué tour outfits – from custom Victoria’s Secret lingerie, to Ludovic de Saint Sernin two-piece sets and Frolov corsets – which have created quite a spectacle. Everyone knows, however, that a striking outfit isn’t complete without a matching manicure.
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Airlines myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Global airlines have raced to develop a series of increasingly lavish perks — from bottomless caviar to onboard art galleries — to tempt high spenders into premium cabins while other improvements remain grounded. The race to
The UK’s secretary of state for culture, Lisa Nandy, has said that the government is in discussions with national museums about the repatriation of certain objects. In an exclusive interview with the Guardian, Nandy said that ministers are already holding discussions with institutions including the British Museum, after its chair, the former chancellor George Osborne,